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To: KLP who wrote (190477)	6/29/2006 9:56:56 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iraq? Iraq? Gee, shades of Iraq. There have been supply problems on armored Humvees -- remember those? Nope? ---- body armor, bullets (BULLETS) and even MREs. Yep, those guys are HUNGRY OUT THERE. Plus the military is asking for billions BILLIONS to simply repair and replace equipment. That's on top of all the ongoing costs of the Iraq War For Profit conducted by incompetent yet greedy RightWingers. The US can no longer afford the whims, the stupidity, the lies, the greed, the incompetence of the rightwing. Why don't you guys migrate to Iraq since you guys signed the check without regards to your bank balance. You can wash dishes in the back to pay for your meal. csmonitor.com US Army equipment costs in Iraq, Afghanistan may triple But decision to send old equipment back to US could signal future troop reductions. By Tom Regan \| csmonitor.com The annual cost of replacing, repairing, and upgrading equipment for the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan is expected to triple over the next year, to more than $17 billion, according to Army documents obtained by The Associated Press....All Headline News reports that costs related to both wars have climbed to half a trillion dollars since 2001...

To: KLP who wrote (190477)	6/30/2006 8:41:57 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

How anyone could even think of dropping 150,000 people into an area, and out on a whim is ...breathtaking, to say the least. And that remains the largest problem in Afghanistan. The Pakis are hesitant to support larger numbers of Coalition forces in Afghanistan, since they believe it will destabilize their own tenuous grip on power by agitating their militant factions. But then again, the militant factions in Pakistan's government, and in particular, their intelligence service, continue to have powerful people who sympathize with the Taliban, and who thwart the US goal of capturing Bin Laden and Zawahiri (and others). This is my perception of the current situation in Pakistan, but maybe I should contact Iqbal Latif for his viewpoint. Hawk